O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you,
that ye may (learn) self-restraint
[Quran: Chapter 2:183]

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Friday, August 14, 2009

ramadan 2009

Ramadan 2009 will start on Friday, the 21st of August. The mosque I attend announced that the first day of fasting will be Saturday August 22nd. I was surprised because Ramadan starts is celebrated when the new moon crescent is seen with naked eye, and this usually is not easy to predict. However, scientifically one knows with good precision when the new crescent is born. What is less easy to predict is the first instant it can be seen with naked eyes at a given point on earth.

In preparation, I plan to reduce my food intake during this coming week to facilitate the transition. I plan also to avoid taking caffeinated drinks, and prepare a batch of fresh yogurts and save the whey to prepare cheese and/or smoothies rich with proteins.

Ramadan 2009 is exactly one week away! Join us here, and please please make comments, send contributions, and help us spread the word about this blog so that we may have more readers to serve.
Special Ramadan Series

Dear Reader, Assalaamu’alaikum.

Ramadan Mubarak. We wish you a blessed and productive Ramadan! Make no mistake about it - keeping the fast and increasing our acts of worship during this blessed month is not an easy task. The physical demands of balancing work or school with fasting all day, feeling fatigued and less effective than you normally are, waking up for Suhoor, praying Teraweeh and Tahajjud prayers, dealing with sleep deficits.

But the last thing we would want is to let Ramadan pass us by without doing all that we aim and desire to. Do not allow yourself to feel guilty or regretful when Ramadan passes.

The Ramadan Series will send you emails with practical tips on how to gain and maintain the physical and spiritual energy necessary to embark on increased religious oligations so that you will reap the benefits from this blessed month. This includes special Ramadan duas to say during the month. Do sign-up today!

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posted by Ramadan World at 5:41 PM

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